Scouring implement



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',J. DALBORA scQURING IMPLEMENT y Filed neg. 27, 1923 5 Spams-sheet 2 f @Mm Patented July 17, 1928. j

UNITED STATES JOHN DALBOBA, YONKERS, NEW YORK.

SGOURI'NG IMPLEMENT.

Application filed December 27, 1923. Serial No. 882,892.

The objects of this invention are to provide a device for scouiing kitchen utensils and the like, which. will be of simple, practical construction and which will accomplish the cleaning effectively, without possibility of scratching or marring the articles operated upon. y

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification I have illustrated embodiments of the invention wherein these desired results are attained, but wish it understood that the structure may be modified in various ways without departure from the true spirit andscope ofthe invention as hereinafter defined and claimed.

Figures 1 and 2 are front face and edge views respectively of the complete imple- 'meiit ready for use; Figures 3 and 4 are detail views showing the jaws of the 'holder in open and closed positions respectively, the handle being broken away in these views; Figure 5 is a detached plan view of the sliding keeper for the spring jaws; Figures 6 and 7 are front and edge views respectively of a slightly modified form of the scrubbing member; Figure 8 is a part sectional view showing another form ofA holder construction; Figures 9 and 1() are` sectional views taken on substantially the planes of lines 9 and 10 of Figures 1() and 9 of a modified i form of scrubber; Figure 11 is a plan view of a special reinforcement blank for the scrubber; Figure 12 is a perspective View showing this blank bent and secured in iinal form; Figures 13 and 14 are side and sectional views respectively of the scrubber with material and a holder therefor.

the reinforcement secured therein. j

As lwill be clear from `the drawings the inzplcmeut comprises a body 10 of scrubbing The holder is shown as yconsisting of a handle 11 carrying a -pair of projecting spring jaws 12 hav- `ing inturned cooperating pointed endsv 13,

and between the jaws, a projecting post 14 of lesser length than the jaws and terminat' ing in a head 15 disposed inside or above the pointedajaw ends. j

An inexpensive and desirable method of constructing the parts last described is to make the jaws and intermediate positioning postall of 'a single piece of spring wire, doubled upon vitself to provide a L1 oop`for the head 1,5 and then twistedy to form the shank or post 14, the two end portions of the wirel being thou bent iu reverse directions at thev upper end of the twisted shank about p a common center 16 and brought down at opposite sides of the shank to provide the opposed jaws. In the illustration these opposed jaw parts are left tensioned so as to normally stand open, as in Figure 3, and a sliding keeper 17 in the form of an open elongated ring' is engaged thereover for bringing the jaws together, as in Figure 4.

The handle is shown in Figures l and 2 as constructed in two parts and the one piece jaw structure as gripped between the end portions of these parts with one of the screws, designated 16, which holds the two parts together, passed through the loop formed at the upper end of the twisted shank. This construction prevents the jaws from pulling loose from the handle, as will be clear from Figure 3. A hook 18 for hanging up the device is shown as gripped between the two parts of the handle and as fixed therebetween by a second screw 19 which holds together the parts of the handle at the upper end of the same.

The scouring element 10 consists of a body of steel wool or the like held in the bite of the spring jaws and constructed so as to cover the jaw parts and prevent them from scratching or injuring the parts being scoured. This last effect is attained in the present disclosure by making the scouringsuch as a piece of tape, as shown at 23, in Figure 7.

' he method of engaging the scrubber in the holder is to slide back the keeper so asl to allow .the jaws to spring open, as in Figure 3, and to then bring the reduced portion of the scouring material into engagement with the head at the end of the positioning post, with the points of the jaws standing at opposite sides of the reduced portion, after vwhich the keeper is slid down-over the j 'aws s'o as to force the points of the same togetherand into firm engagement in the compacted neck portion ofthe material, as shown in Figure 1. Thus held, the pads 21 at the `opposite faces of the scouring material overlap and cover the end portions of the positioning shank and holding jaws, preventing such parts from contacting with the articles being scoured and allowing both faces of the scouring block or pad to be used to the greatest advanta e. To facilitate getting into corners and t e like, the scrubbing faces of the block may be made with substantially square corners, as indicated in Figures 1 and 6, and the compacted neck portion may be of generally cylindrical form so that the block may be shifted rotatably in the holder to bring different scrubbing corners lowermost as they become worn with use.

In using the implement the intermediate shank or post serves to transmit the thrust and so to a large extent relieves the holding jaws of strain, preventing them from tearing the material or becoming loosened. When the scouring element becomes worn the same can be readily removed upon slipping back the keeper and Ipermitting the jaws to spring open, after which a new element may be inserted between the jaws and the jaws be brought together into holding' engagement with the same by sliding the keeper back into its first position. l

The twisting of the doubled portion of the wire which forms the thrust shank provides in effect corrugations which operate as stops to hold the slidable keeper in the positions to which itmay be adjusted overthe jaws.

The holder illustrated in Figure 8 differs from that previously described principally in that the central post 14 is in the. form of a single rod, thickened at its end to provide the head 15 and which head is shown as formed with a longitudinal socket 24 to receive the projecting twisted ends of the confining wire 22. 'Filis form of holder also provides a three-point grip on the scrubbing pad which securely holds the pad and prevents it from turnin or working loose.

The scrubber is il ustrated in Figures 9 and 10 ashaving annular reinforcements in the form of discs 25 secured by stitching 26 or the like to the inner faces of the working pads or heads 21. These discs are shown as split in one side at 27 so that they may be easily slipped over the intermediate neck or reduced portion 20.

In Figures 11 to 14 I have shown how the reinforcement dlses 25 may be made as one piece joined together at one ed e by an integral connecting portion 28. he two discs are folded together as shown in Figures 12 and 14 and may be secured in this relation by a tubular rivet or like member 29 which surrounds the reduced neck portion of the pad. The folded connecting portion 28 of the reinforcing discs provides in this construction a 'scraper more or less exposed at one edge of the pad which can be brought into use whenever necessary.

W hat I claim is:

1. A scouring implement comprising a body of scouring material having a reduced compacted portion, scouring pads aty the opposite sides of the same, a holder having jaws lying between the pads in engagement with such compacted portion and a post intermediate the jaws havingr a thrust transmitting engagement with the compacted portion.

2. A holder for scouring material coinprising a s ngle piece of wire doubled upon itself to form a thrust transmitting shank and having end portions` doubled back from the base of said shank and directed toward each other to form grip )ing j .iws.

3. The structure of claim 2 in which the doubled end of the wire is looped to form a head andthe doubled parts of the wire are twisted together to reinforce the shank.

It. The structure of claim 2 in which the end portions of the wire are doubled back about a common center to form concentric loops with a two-part handle engaged over the wire and having a fastening extendng through such loops.

5. The structure of `claim 2 in which the doubled shank portion is twisted, forming corrugations and in which a slidable keeper for the jaw portons is provided and is releasably held by such corrugatious.

6. A scouring implement com rising a body of steel wool having a reducetliutermediate portion with scouring pads at the opposite sides of the same and a handle having a projerting shank bearing on top ov such reduced portion and jaws engaged with o positc sides of the reduced portion` said slank and jaws projecting in between the pads and being covered thereby.

7. As an article of manufacture. an independent unitary body of scouring material havlng a scraper exposed at one edge thereof and having a reduced central portion for engagement by a gripper.

8. In a scouring device, a framework consisting of a tubular member having radially extending flanges at its opposite ends, pads of scouring material attached to the outer faces of the fiange members, and a :onstrlcted portion of the scouring material extending through said tubular member and connecting said scouring pads.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN D'ALBORA. 

